Anju asks Indian athletes to compete more in global events

Legendary long jumper Anju Bobby Goerge says that the Indian athletes will continue to languish at the global stage until they aspire to compete regularly at top level international events.

Anju, the only Indian athlete to have won a medal in the World Championships with a long jump bronze in 2003, said that most of the Indian athletes pay emphasis on training rather than going out and competing at the international events.

She also feels that the top Indian athletes should now have managers of their own and embrace professionalism just like the Americans and the Europeans have been doing.

"Infrastructure is much better now than in our time, but the main thing is that we are stuck at where we are because our athletes are still believing only in training, we are not going out for international competitions," Anju told

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